| source UC Santa Barbara (X) |
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department Bren School of Environmental Science and Management (X) |
Examination of case studies illustrating that understanding, solving, and preventing environmental problems requires pooling expertise from multiple disciplines and constructive dialogue between diverse groups.
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Principles of individual ecology, population ecology, community ecology, and ecosystem ecology. Emphasis on applications (conservation, resources management, ecological effects of pollution and habitat fragmentation, etc.).
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Biogeochemical processes as applied to the earth's atmosphere, oceans, land and inland water, and applications to environmental issues such as eutrophication, toxic pollution, carbon sequestration and acidification.
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Energy and mass transport as applied to the atmosphere, oceans, and land models of the earth's climate and hydrology.
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Environmental regulation (incentives and command and control), asymetric information (cost revelation and auditing), regulatory incidence, dynamics and discounting, exhaustible and renewable resources, valuation, environmental macroeconomics, trade and the environment, comparative regulatory analysis.
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Develop skills and conceptual framework to effectively use data to solve practical problems. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, experimental design, exploratory data analysis, probability and uncertainty, time series analysis, and spatial stats. Emphasis on case studies from environmental problems.
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Develop skills and conceptual framework to effectively use data to solve practical problems. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, experimental design, exploratory data analysis, probability and uncertainty, time series analysis, and spatial stats. Emphasis on case studies from environmental problems.
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Develop skills and conceptual framework to effectively use data to solve practical problems. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, experimental design, exploratory data analysis, probability and uncertainty, time series analysis, and spatial stats. Emphasis on case studies from environmental problems.
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Basic elements of the legal system as it specifically relates to environmental issues. Study of the different stages and different institutions involved in environmental policy making.
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An introduction to corporate financial management and reporting. Topics include the function of stock markets, discounted cash flows, investment appraisal, valuation bonds and stocks, the capital structure decision, the accounting model, financial reporting to stockholders, and financial statment analysis.
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Introduction to business objectives and structure, discuss new business models and tools that incorporate principles of environmental management and corporate performance. Emphasis on corporate strategies that deliver value to shareholders while responding to environmental concerns.
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Examination of the application of population ecology to conservation of rare species and management of harvested populations. Topics include population regulation, population viability analysis, fisheries management, metapopulation dynamics, and population monitoring.
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Design and execution of field sampling campaigns to characterize, map, and inventory plant and animal communities. Includes review of basic sampling theory, measurements for terrestrial vegetation, vertebrate and invertebrate survey methods, multivariate analysis of community data, vegetation and species habitat mapping and modeling.
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Case study-oriented course examining the effects of pollutants in natural and human-dominated ecosystems. Topics include identification and quantification methods, contaminant sources and effects, predictive methods and restoration.
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Concepts and approaches to correct and alleviate the effects of environmental pollution using biological processes. Biochemical, ecological, and physiochemical aspects of remediation and mitigation. Assessing and monitoring applicability/efficacy of biological treatment. Natural and engineered methods for adversely affected biological resources.
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Familiarization with the sytems used for biologically treating non-hazardous wastes. Bench scale laboratory exercises demonstrate basic principles at work in biodegradation. Use of biological reactors applicable to both ex situ and in situ treatment.
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Relationship between spatial patterns in landscape structure (physical, biological, and cultural) and ecological processes. Role of ecosystem pattern in mass and energy transfers, disturbance regimes, species' persistence, and applications of remote sensing and GIS for landscape characterization and modeling.
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Is restoration possible? What degraded ecosystems are good candidates for restoration? Use of ecology to design and implement restorations and the criteria to evaluate their success. Field labs provide students with practical tools to approach these issues.
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Microbes are the most abundant organisms on earth and are responsible for most biogeochemical cycling. Who and where are they, what do they do, and how? This course provides an integrated understanding applicable to managing the environment and natural resources.
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Introduction to laboratory based tools and techniques for detecting and numerating, and describing what microbes do in natural and polluted samples.
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The process of risk assessment and skills required to conduct an ecological risk assessment primarily based on the U.S. EPA guidelines. Focuses on biological aspects and analysis and characterization of risk assessments rather than the management of risk.
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Application of atmospheric science and chemical fate and transport modeling to the development of plans, policies, and programs for air resources management. Regulatory models for air quality impact assessment. Case studies of current air pollution control stategies.
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Transport and biogeochemical transformation of pollutants in the environment. Review of pollutant properties and media characteristics that affect transport, accumulation, and degradation of pollutants. Basic tools for managing pollutants in the environment, including prevention, detection, and remediation.
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Focuses on protection and remediation of contaminated aquifers. Covers the determination of groundwater quality objectives based on risk assessment, approaches for protecting or remediating aquifers and contaminated soils, and cost evaluation of management strategies.
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A hands-on approach to learning how to sample and treat contaminated soil and groundwater. The series of lab modules covers field sampling, analysis, unit treatment processes, and a remediation design project. Students are presented with state-of-the-art technologies for dealing with contamination.
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